Kudur-Enlil

Kudur-Enlil (1313 BC-1246 BC) was King of Babylon from 1254 BC to 1246 BC, succeeding Kadashman-Enlil II and preceding Shagarakti-Shuriash.

Biography
Kudur-Enlil was the son of Kadashman-Turgu and the nephew of Kadashman-Enlil II, and he was the first Kassite king to have a wholly Babylonian name. His decision to have a Babylonian princess marry into the Hittite royal family angered the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, who no longer regarded Babylon as significant; the Hittite queen rebuked Ramesses by saying that, if he did not believe that the king of Babylon was a Great King, then he did not know the status of Babylon. Kudur-Enlil oversaw the explosive growth of Nippur, and he made Marduk the head of Babylon's religious pantheon. He died in 1246 BC.